The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India (OEMI) in three volumes covers history, theory and technical terms, musicians and scholars, and instruments related to Indian music. Edited by the Sangeet Mahabharati, it was published by the Oxford University Press in 2011. Out of the total of 5,000 encyclopaedia entries, approximately 2,000 on musicians and 500 on raga names were extracted to build this database.
 

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Wazir Chand
?
OEMI2239
1145
?
20
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player.
Master Ratan of Punjab
Wazirjan
?
OEMI2242
1146
Beneres
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
vocalist of Beneres of the 1900s.
Nizamuddin Khan (Tabla)
OEMI1548
766
1932
2000
0623
20
Jawra, Madhya Pradesh
Mumai
tabla player
Tabla performer of the Lucknow tradition
Lucknow
his father Azim Bakhsh Jewerwale and Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Asa Singh Mastana
?
OEMI0178
77
1926
1999
0523
20
Lahore
Delhi
Noted singer of Punjabi folk music
Punjabi folk music
P00186
Mohan Chandra Barman
OEMI1360
682
1900
20
Kaihatti village,Assam
artiste of Bhaaonaa
Seshadri Gawai, R.V.
OEMI1912
962
1924
20
Davangere, Chitradurga district, Karnataka
vocalist, harmonium player
Vocalist and harmonium player
Kalkote Channabasavayya, Panchakshari Gawai, Puttaraji Gawai
Sundarabai of Benares
OEMI2067
1030
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist
She was vocalist of sawaal-jawaab, birhaa, and kajri songs in the 20th-century
Ambalal Sitari
0222
OEMI0104
4748
1922
1987
0310
20
Bilimora,Valsad district,Gujarat
Mumbai
sitar player, rudra veena player,
Sitar and rudra veena player,who later took to instrument designing
Prabhatdevji Sisodiya of the royal family of Dharampur state,South Gujarat.
P00121
Appa Jalgaonkar
OEMI0162
71
1926
20
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
harmonium player
Veteran harmonium player
Balkrishna-bua Chikhalukar, Shabbu Khan
Balwantrai Bhatt
?
OEMI0285
115
1921
20
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Omkarnath Thakur
Bhim Kant Deka
?
OEMI0360
174
1913
1971
?
20
Devananda village,Darrang district,Assam
?
Singer and dancer
P06258
Nayan Jyoti Ghosh
0428
OEMI1522
753754
1956
20
Mumbai
tabla, sitar player
Well-known tabla and sitar player, and teacher.
Krishnan Nair (Kalamandalam)
OEMI1106
571
Tripunithura
1914
1990
0816
20
Cheruthazham, Kannur distict, Kerala
Tripunithura, near Kochi, Kerala
Well-known Kathakali performer and guru
Chandu Panikker
Muthayya Pillai (Pazhani)
OEMI1410
704
1950
20
?
?
Mridangam player
Sankaran Kutty Panikkar (Kavungal)
0306
OEMI1873
940
1909
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Kathakali artiste
Konthumi Panikkar (Kalluvazhi), Appuni Poduval (Killikurissimangalam), Ravunni Menon (Pattikkamthodi)
P00111
Abhay Narayan Mallick
?
OEMI0024
9
1937
20
Amta,Bihar
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
Ashesh Chandra Banerji
1216
OEMI0189
82
1920
20
Vishnupur,Bankura district,Bengal
esraaj player
Well-known esraaj player and teacher
Vishnupur
P00054
Balamurali Krishna,M.
07??
OEMI0267
110
1930
20
Sankaragupta region,Andhra Pradesh
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Kader Bakhsh (Tabla)
OEMI0975
494
1902
20
Lahore
?
tabla player
Tabla player
his father Fakir Bakhsh
Kalanidhi Narayanan
OEMI0983
500
1927
20
Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam teacher and danseuse
Mylapore Gowri Amma, Kanchipuram Kannappa Pillai, Chinnayya Naidu

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